A brain-invading worm spread by rats and snails is making inroads into the United States. A study this week seems to show the ...

A parasitic worm capable of infecting the human brain has established local transmission in California for the first time, ...

(CNN) — A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a report published this month in the American Journal of Case Reports. Doctors ...

Luis Ortiz went to the emergency room in early September with a terrible headache and nausea, became comatose and when he woke up doctors told him he had a tapeworm larvae living in his brain and ...

Doctors in Spain diagnosed a man with an unusual roundworm infection after watching an army of larvae writhe and slither under his skin, blanketing his whole body in an ever-shifting rash. Doctors ...

Photographs of flatworm and ribbon worm larvae collected from the waters around Bocas del Toro. Most marine invertebrates have a planktonic larval stage that is very different from the familiar adult ...

Plagued by uncomfortable stomach cramps, diarrhoea or bloating? Do certain foods prompt an emergency dash to the loo? Gut symptoms blight millions of Brits every year. But the cause may not be ...

Mud blister worms make their homes in the shells of oysters and other shellfish, where they weaken their hosts.

The University of Florida researchers recently discovered that “tequila worms” are, in fact, moth larvae. The “worms” are placed inside bottles of mezcal to enhance the color and flavor of the alcohol ...